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About The Carpet Professor - Carpetprofessor.com

30-year veteran of the carpet and flooring business. A consumer advocate since 1998. I provide free unbiased carpet and flooring information for homeowners. Visit any of my websites to learn how to buy new carpet or flooring and make wise and informed choices!

Carpet installed on stairs tends to wear out much quicker than other areas in your home. Why? It’s because stairs are narrow and they receive a constant pounding from heavy footed-traffic focused down the center and on the leading-edge of every step.

Here are some expert tips and tricks revealed by The Carpet Professor to help you make wise and informed carpet and padding choices. The goal is to make sure your new carpet and pad installed you have installed on your STAIRS and other areas of high-traffic can tolerate more abuse and hopefully last years longer.

Click on my link below to read my full posting to see how you can save time and money, make wise and informed choices and avoid common carpet scams and rip-offs… when buying new carpet and padding for your home.

The Best Carpet Choice For Stairs

Did You Know…

Active children, dogs and cats and especially teenage boys and their friends are the main reason why carpets installed on stairs tend to wear out faster than carpets installed in other areas of your home.

Kids and pets love to run up and down the stairs as fast as they can which is very damaging to the pile surface.

If you want to have your new carpet last as long as possible then you need to make sure to buy the right grade of carpet and padding.

Take my free Carpet Foot-Traffic Test to help determine what grade of carpet you need in your home.

Abrasion is the number one cause of carpet wear and tear. What can you do to alleviate the problem? The Carpet Professor has all the information you need to make wise and informed carpet buying choices.

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If you have active kids like I’ve had, you know first-hand that you cannot be in all places at all times and when your child drops a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on your carpet, it takes more than a just few minutes to get that stain to come out!

My wife and I had four kids and they were all about 2 years apart. So having a one-year old, a three-year old a five-year old and seven-year old kept us running both day and night!

Since I am carpet installer, I had the ability to change our family room carpet at a much lower cost than you can. But that doesn’t mean you should have to pay a fortune to replace your carpet if you have active children or pets. In my free and unbiased article you will learn some powerful insider secrets to buying the right grade of carpet for your home. Why spend more than you need to? You can buy a decent carpet, that will last for three years or more, for less than $8 per square yard! Let me teach you the tips and tricks to saving the most money possible and make your life easier….

Take a look at my free article to learn more about choosing the best carpet for active kids and pets!

Over the next few years, as our economy steadily recovers and the housing market continues to regain market value, I expect the prices for new carpet and flooring products and installation to increase significantly. I expect a 15% increase in most flooring product prices and a 25% increase in carpet and flooring installation costs over the next 5 years.

I believe there will be a shortage of qualified and well trained installers and that installation costs will increase as carpet retailers realize they have to pay more to retain the most qualified and reliable flooring installers. Significant increases in business expenses, liability insurance and state licensing costs, materials and supplies, home costs and basic inflation will be the main reasons for the increase in pay that will be demanded by reputable carpet and flooring installers nationwide.

Frankly, I think flooring installers have been under-paid for the past 20 years and an increase in pay is long overdue.

The Carpet Professor’s Suggestion:

If you are in the market for new carpet or flooring, I suggest you buy sooner rather than later if you want to get the best deal possible.